Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions
2024
ᐹᑭᒋᐦᒉᐤ pâkicihew (she has swollen hands), The View Gallery, Nanaimo BC, curated by Chai Duncan
2023
ᐹᑭᒋᐦᒉᐤ pâkicihew (she has swollen hands), Nanaimo Arts Council, Nanaimo BC, curated by Amber Morrison-Fox
Group Exhibitions
2026
The Cyanotype, Visions Museum of Textile Arts, San Diego CA
2025
Eighteen Ways to Count Time, Banff Center for Arts and Creativity, Banff AB
2024
Response: All Woven Together, Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver BC, curated by Serena Steel
2023
Gutters are Elastic, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC, curated by Jesse Birch
2022
a shoal of ever sick fiss, open space gallery, Victoria BC, curated by Whess Harman
Public Work
2025
yahkikiw (they push forward in growth), Luminous Paths – City of Nanaimo, Nanaimo BC
Curatorial Experience
2026 (upcoming)
Of Ghosts, Goblins, and the Supernatural, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC, co-curated with Jesse Birch
2023
Curatorial Essay – ᐁᐧᐢᑫᐧᐱᑖᑲᐣ [wîskwêpitâkan] – sacred bundle, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver BC
Related Professional Experience
2026
Artist, Urban Design Roster 2026-28 – City of Nanaimo, Nanaimo BC
2025
Cover Artist, Room Magazine: Wits End Issue, Vancouver BC
Illustrator, Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank, Nanaimo BC
Writer/Illustrator, Feeding Intimacy – Queers at the Table, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver BC
2024
Curator and Contributor, Red Paper, co-created with Cole Pauls
Director of Indigenous Programming, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Vancouver BC
Cover Artist – A Constellation of Minor Bears, HarperCollins Publishing, New York NY
Illustrator, Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness, Victoria BC
2023-Present
Indigenous Engagement Coordinator, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC
2023
Illustrator, The Walrus, Toronto ON
Writer – Curatorial Essay – ᐁᐧᐢᑫᐧᐱᑖᑲᐣ [wîskwêpitâkan] – sacred bundle, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver BC
Illustrator, Gutters are Elastic poster, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC
Writer/Illustrator, aniskac, Augur Magazine, Toronto ON
Writer/Illustrator, The Anxiety Handbook, Capilano Review, Vancouver BC
Cover Artist, Those Pink Mountain Nights, HarperCollins Publishing, New York NY
Illustrator, Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness, Victoria, BC
Illustrator, Native American Youth and Family Centre, Portland OR
Writer, Science World, Vancouver BC
Illustrator, Moose Hide Campaign, Victoria BC
2022
Illustrator – Redwashing Extraction: Indigenous Relations at Canada’s Big Five Banks, Yellowhead Institute, Toronto ON
Illustrator, The Discourse, Nanaimo BC
Illustrator, Seeding Sovereignty, New Mexico NM
Illustrator, Manitoba Harm Reduction Network, Winnipeg MB
Artist, Salmon Run, Vancouver BC, curated by Cole Pauls
Writer/Illustrator, kahkisiw, carte blanche, Montreal QC
Writer/Illustrator, Land Acknowledgment Comic, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Vancouver BC
Illustrator, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Vancouver BC
2021
Illustrator, Minnow: The girl who became part fish, Medicine Wheel Publishing, Victoria BC
2020
Artist – Together/Apart Magazine, grunt gallery, Vancouver BC
Residencies
2026
Too Two-Spirited For You: Unsettling Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer Art in Canada, Plug In Institute, Winnipeg MB
2025
Data Makers Residency, Creative Coast, Vancouver Island BC
Artist in Residence: Early Career, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff AB
Artist Talks and Presentations
2026
Speaker, Artist Talk for BC Museums Association, Victoria BC
2025
Speaker, Artist Talk for The Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach BC
2024
Speaker, Artist Talk for Response: All Woven Together, Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver BC
Speaker, Artist Talk for ᐹᑭᒋᐦᒉᐤ pâkicihew (she has swollen hands), The View Gallery, Nanaimo BC
Moderator and Curator, Artist Talk – Land Acknowledgement Comic Artist Spotlight, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Vancouver BC
Moderator and Curator, Artist Talk – Queer Intersections and Comics Panel, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Vancouver BC
Moderator and Curator, Artist Talk – Undermining Heteronormativity: Queering the Comic Arts Panel, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Vancouver BC
Moderator, Artist Talk – Jim Terry and Gord Hill in Conversation, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Vancouver BC
Moderator and Curator, Artist Talk – Indiginerds, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Vancouver BC
2023
Speaker, Decolonizing Your Art Practice, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC
Speaker, Artist Talk for ᐹᑭᒋᐦᒉᐤ pâkicihew (she has swollen hands), Vancouver Island Public
Library, Nanaimo Arts Council, Nanaimo BC
Speaker, Artist Talk for Land Acknowledgement Comic Artist Spotlight, Vancouver Comic Arts
Festival, Vancouver BC
Speaker, Artist Talk for Gutters are Elastic, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC
Speaker, Artist Talk for Minnow: The girl who became part fish book launch, Victoria BC
2022
Poet – On Edge Reading Series, Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
Teaching and Mentorships
2024
Facilitator, How Identity Informs Your Art, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC
Arts Educator – ARTS430, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo BC
2023
Mentor, Dazzle Camouflage Youth Art Immersion, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC
2022
Educator, Putting Your Art to Work, Cloudscape Comics, Vancouver BC
Awards, Community Recognition, and Grants
2026
Individual Arts Grant: Visual Artist, BC Arts Council, Vancouver BC
2025
Explore and Create – Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa ON
Individual Arts Grant: Visual Artist, BC Arts Council, Vancouver BC
2024
Explore and Create – Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa ON
Arts & Culture Award, Women of Influence, Nanaimo BC
2022-Present
Geoff McMurchy Artist Development Grant and Mentorship, Kickstart Disability, Vancouver BC
2022
Arts Vitality Micro Grant, First People’s Cultural Council
Assessment and Adjudication
2025
Peer Assessor, BC Arts Council, Vancouver BC
2024
Peer Assessor, BC Arts Council, Vancouver BC
2023
Juror, Adele ᒪᐢᑿᓱᐏᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau Youth Workshop Jury, Kickstart Disability, Vancouver BC
Memberships and Affiliations
Member, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Working Group, United Way, Nanaimo BC
Advisor, 2SLGBTQIA+ Advisory Council, BC Museums Association, Victoria BC
Facilitator, Earth Sense, IndigenEYEZ, Penticton BC
Hub Leader Nanaimo, Queerpreneurship, The Old School House, Qualicum Beach BC
Member, Collections Committee, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC
Member, ArtsBC, Vancouver BC
Member, Kickstart Disability, Vancouver BC
Member, National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition, Ottawa ON
Media
https://thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/nanaimo-art-gallery-making-indigenous-waves
https://thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/bailey-macabre-art
https://ah.viu.ca/view-gallery/bailey-macabre
https://nanaimoartscouncil.ca/moon-jelly-gallery/
https://oceanweekcan.ca/events/book-launch-and-beach-clean-up/
https://www.kickstartdisability.ca/gmadg2022-baileymacabre/
https://issuu.com/artmagazine7/docs/art_magazine_jan_apr_2024
Arts and Cultural Training and Learning
2005 – 2008 Media and Cultural Studies Diploma, Okanagan College, Kelowna BC
Mar 2022 – Dec 2023 Mentorship – Jenna Reid – Kickstart Disability Arts, Vancouver BC
Mar 2023 – Nov 2023 Mentorship and Training – Response – The Polygon, North Vancouver, BC
Jan 2024 – Jun 2024 Mentorship – Michelle Sound – Visual Artist, Vancouver BC
Feb 2025 Two Day Raku Workshop – Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff AB